Metro may hike fee 50 percent for dog license

6:43 AM,
May 19, 2013

Written by

Joey Garrison
| The Tennessean

It soon might start costing a little more to own a dog in Davidson County.

Mayor Karl Dean's administration has proposed increasing Metro's dog license fee - usually paid when dog owners visit veterinarians to get their pets' rabies shots - from $4 to $6 as the city seeks additional revenue to restore a depleted Animal Care and Control division.

The move would generate an estimated $150,000 in extra revenue, allowing the Metro Public Health Department's Animal Care and Control to increase staff by three members, bringing it back up to the 31 employees it had a decade ago. There is no indication ...